Washer.



C. JENSEN. WASHER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 4. 1905.

' PATENTED MAR. 19, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT orruon.

WASHER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 19, 1907.

Application filed November 4, 1905. Serial No. 285,841.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN JENSEN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to new and useful improvements in washing-machines of that class that are divided into three comp artments by screens through whichthe water is driven back and forth with a great force.

With these ends in view my invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, and pointed out in the claims and specification hereunto attached.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by like characters throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a front face view of my improved washer, one side of the mechanism, used to drive the dasher-rods back and forth, shown in section, the greater part of the front periphery of the tub being cut awa r to more advantageously show my improved method of constructing and arranging my dashers, screens, basket, &c., which parts are also shown in section. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of my improved washer, a section of the tub being broken away to show some of the interior parts. Fig. 3 is a rear end elevation of my improved dasher-plates. Fig. 4 is a top plan view of my improved dasher-plates. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view out on the line X X of Fig. 3.

My invention is described as follows:

The numeral 1 represents a cylindrical tub mounted on legs 2 of any desired construction. Said tub is divided into three compartments 3, 4, and 5 by means of screens 6, which extend from the top of said tub to the upper face of the floor 7 of same. My improved tub is also provided with strengthening-bands 8. Said compartments 3 and 5 are provided with covers 9 and 9, said cover 9 being provided with a-threaded water-inlet pipe 10. Said covers are secured in position by means of suitable clamps 8, secured at their upper ends to said covers and at their lower ends to the outer periphery of said tub. Said compartment 4 is without a top, the purpose of which will be hereinafter shown. Located in said compartments 3 and 5 are U dasher-rods 11, having their upper ends extending through the perforations in said covers 9 and 9. Adjustably and removably secured to said dasher-rods are my improved dasher-plates 12, which may be constructed of any material desired. Said dashers consist of outer walls 13, which are so formed as to correspond with the curve of the inner periphery of the tub 1 and run around said tub until their ends are nearly contiguous to said vertical screens 6. Said dasher-plates (four or more) are also constructed with upper slanting walls 14 and lower slanting walls 15, which are secured at their outer ends to the inner faces of said outer walls 13and converge to a point midway of the width of said walls. Said outer curved walls 13 of said dasher-plates are provided with guide-plates consisting of preferably rectangular oblong plates 16, each of which are provided with two outwardly-extending parallel flanges 17. Said guide-plates are secured to the center of the said walls 13 of said dasher-plates by screws or other similar means 18. My improved dasher-plates are also provided with adjusting members 19, which are formed with central square perforations to admit of their being applied to said dasher-rods 11 and with set-screws or similar means 20 to facilitate the adjustment of same to said dasher-rods. It will be obvious that my manner of constructing my dasher-plates and adjusting members 19 permits me to secure sa'id dasher-plates along any point of said dasher-rods. Secured to the 1nner periphery of my tub are vertical guide-rods 21. When my improved washer is in operation, said rods pass between said parallel flanges 17 of said curved walls 13 of said dasherplates 12, thereby keeping said dasher-rods and dasher-plates in true vertical alinement and diminishing their liability of breakage or derangement.

While my dasher-rods may be driven by any manner of mechanism desired, I have shown and will describe the present mechanism used. This mechanism consists of a substantially vertical frame 22, secured at its lower ends to said covers 9 and 9. Secured to said frame at its extreme upper ends are bearings 22. Said frame 22 and bearings 22 are braced together at their upper ends by a brace member 23, which consists of a horizontal part 24 and curved part 25. Journaled in said bearings 22 is an axle 26, to the extreme outer ends of which are rigidly secured cog-wheels 27. A main shaft 28 is journaled at its ends in bearings 29, secured to said frame. Secured to one end of said shaft is a pulley-wheel 31 and an idler 31. by means of a nut is a bolt 32, and secured to said bolt is a horizontally-perforated driving member 33, provided with an internally-threaded downwardl extending neck. A drive-rod 34, threaded at both ends, has its upper end secured in said internally-threaded neck of said driving member 33 and has secured to its lower end an internally-threaded driving member 35, having its lower enlarged and horizontally-perforated end secured to the outer end of a horizontal driving member 36, the inner end of which is rigidly secured to a vertical guide-rod 37, which works in a slot 37 in said frame. When it is desired to put my improved washer in operation, power is applied to said pulley-wheel 31, which is caused to rotate, and thus rotate said pinion-Wheel 32, the cogs of which mesh Secured to said wheel 27 with the cogs of said cog-wheel 27, causing the same to revolve and carry with it said driving members 33, secured thereto, and to operate said driving member 35, secured to the lower threaded end of said drive-rod 34 which operation causes said guide-rods 37, secured to the inner ends of said horizontal members 36, to work up and down in the slots of said frame and said dasher-rods 11 to be alternately vertically reciprocated.

Located in said compartment 4 of my tub 1 is a wire basket 38. Secured at its lower end to said basket in any desired manner is a rope 39, which passes around a pulley 40, secured to the lower end of a vertical rod 41, secured at its upper end to the curved part 25 of said brace 23. My'improved washer is also provided with an outlet water-pipe 44.

hen my improved washer is in operation,

the water is forced with great force alternately through the mesh of said screens 6 and the mesh of said wire basket 38, in which the clothes, dishes, or other things are placed by means of the washer-plates 12. While the dasher-plates in said compartment 5 are descending and force the water through the screens and basket the dasher-plates in compartment 3 are ascending. The peculiar construction and arrangement of my dasherplates facilitates the above-described manner of Washing the clothes, dishes, or other articles.

By employing screens 6 in connection with my Washer I am enabled to wash without the slightest danger of destruction any kind of material or clothes, whether they-be fine or coarse.

I may or may not use the basket 38; but I prefer to use the basket, because I can put the clothes therein and lower the same in said compartment or withdraw the basket and l clothes out of the said compartment with but i very little trouble. hen I dont use the basket, I dispense with the rod 41 and pulley 40 Having deseiibed my invention, what I claim. as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a washing-machine, the COlllhIlItIr tion of a tub 1 screens 6, dividing said tub into three compartments, 3, l and 5; covers 9 covering said compartments 3 and 5, respectively; dasher-rods 11, located in said compartments 3 and 5 dasher-plates 12, adjustably and removably secured to said rods; substantiallyvertical frame 22, secured at its lower ends to said covers 9 and. 9 rod 41, secured vertically and at its upper end to the upper end of said frame 22; pulley 40, journaled to the lower end of said rod; a basket 38, located in said compartment 4-; rope 39, secured at its lower end to said basket, its upper end adapted to pass over said. pulley 40, with means for effecting a rectilinear reciprocating movement of said dasher-rods 11, substantially as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a washing-machine, the eombination of a tub 1; screens 6, dividing said tub into three compartments, 3, 4 and 5; covers 9 and 9, covering said compartments 3 and. 5, respectively; dasher-rods 11, located in said compartments 3 and 5; hasher-platcs, adjustably and removafbly secured to said. dasher-rods; means for preventing lateral displacement of the dasher-rods and dashcrs; means for adjustably securing said dashcrplates to said dasher-rods, with means for effecting a rectilinear reciprocating movement of said dasher-rods, substantiall as shown and described and for the purposes set forth.

3. In a washing-machine, the combination of a tub; wire screen fabric, dividing said. tub into three compartments, a middle compartment, and outer compartments; covers, provided with central perforations, covering said outer compartments; dasher-rods, located in said last-mentioned compartments; dasher-plates, adjustably and removably secured to said dasher-rods; means for preventing displacement of the dasherplates, with means for effecting a rectilinear reciprocating movement of the dashcr-rods, substantially as shown. and described and for the purposes set forth.

4. In a washing-machine, the combination of a tub screens, dividing said tub into three compartments, a middle compartment and outer compartments; covers, covering said outer compartments; dasher-rods, located in said last-mentioned compartments; dasher-plates, adjustably secured to said dasher-rods guide-plates, having outwardlyextending parallel flanges, secured to said dasher-plates; vertical guide-rods, secured to the inner periphery of said tub, with means for effecting a rectilinear reciprocating movestraight line, said dasher-plates being adjustment of said dasher-rods, substantially as ably secured to dasher-rods 11, said dashershown and described and for the purposes set rods being adapted to be operated by suitforth. able mechanism, for the pur oses set forth. I5 5. In a washing-machine, substantially as In testimony whereof I a X my signature shown apd described, dashepls 12, egch conin presence of two subscribing witnesses.

sisting o a curved outer wa 13 an an u per and lower slanting wall 14 and 15, respe d- CHRISTIAN JENSEN tively, their outer edges secured to the upper Witnesses:

and lower edges of said curved wall, their in- C. M. FORREST,

ner edges converging to a point, forming a HERBERT WAMALING. 

